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Saturday, February 25, 2017

Former President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III and Vice President Leni Robredo and their supporters which about 1,000 attended the 31st anniversary of Edsa People Power Revolution on Saturday. They named their protest rally the “Power of We” it was organized by different Yellow groups they said that they are against the “climate of fear” under President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration.

Meanwhile, about 1 million Duterte supporters participated at the "People's Support for Duterte's war against illegal drugs, poverty, and corruption" vigil at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila. Groups marched from Intramuros carrying pro-Federalism streamers and, at the venue, shirts saying "No to Drugs, Yes to Federalism" were being printed.

Activities on the Pro-Duterte rally started about 4 p.m. and at 5 p.m., soprano Myramae Meneses sang the national anthem. Meneses did the same during Duterte's kick off rally on February 9 in Tondo, Manila. Performers included singers Robert Seña, Isay Alvarez, and RJ Jacinto as well as internet sensation Moymoy Palaboy.

Thursday, February 23, 2017

Senator Leila de Lima, was arrested Friday morning for having abetted the illegal drug trade in the New Bilibid Prison when she was justice secretary from 2010 to 2015. Arresting officers arrived in front of her Senate office early in the morning (8:00 AM Manila time).

"I will go with them voluntarily," de Lima told reporters. "It is my honor to be jailed for what I am fighting for," she added. "If they think that by jailing me, I will turn my back on my principles, they are mistaken. Instead, they have encouraged me more to pursue truth and justice," de Lima said in a statement.

She's accused of receiving payoffs from convicted drug lords who were able to continue their illegal operations from behind bars while she was justice secretary. The prison facility is managed by the Bureau of Corrections, an arm of the Department of Justice.

Judge Juanita Guerrero of the Muntinlupa City Regional Trial Court Branch 204 issued the arrest warrants for De Lima and her co-accused, former Bureau of Corrections officer-in-charge Rafael Ragos and her former driver-bodyguard Ronnie Dayan for one of the three drug trafficking cases filed by the Department of Justice in relation to her alleged participation in the proliferation of illegal drugs inside the New Bilibid Prison.

Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II welcomed the development, saying in a television interview that the arrest order was "expected because we filed a strong case."

Citing Ragos' affidavit, the DOJ alleged that De Lima received around P10 million from drug payoffs from November 2012 to January 2013. Ragos said he delivered, along with aide Jovencio Ablen Jr., the money to De Lima's house in Parañaque City.

"In December 2012, he (Ragos) received a call to deliver a plastic bag containing money from (convict) Peter Co to Dayan. The bag was left on his bedside at the BuCor quarters. He and Ablen went to the house of De Lima, where he handed the bag to Dayan," the DOJ said in a joint resolution.

"On four occasions in January 2013, he received P1.7 million from Ablen broken down as follows: P1 million, P300,000 and two P200,000, all of which came from inmates. He delivered the money to Dayan at De Lima's house," it added.

Saturday, February 4, 2017

Vice President Leni Robredo called his critics “trolls” and said that she has no time to waste for them.

“I have no message for the trolls because I think it’s a lost cause. It’s a lost cause in the sense that they don’t know me, but they have already made a judgment,” she said in a television interview. When she was asked on GMA News TV to give a message to her critics, the Vice President said there was no point in trying to reach out to those who had closed their minds about her.

Their judgment is not coming from people who know me personally. Perhaps I can give a message to those who have open minds, but most of them have closed their minds, so there’s no point in wasting time on them,” Robredo said.

“Those with open minds are the ones whose comments matter to us, because it allows us to look at ourselves when we commit mistakes,” she said. “It’s also not right to keep getting praise when we are doing wrong,” she continued. Just Recently, a blogger accused her of living a life of luxury after she had a photo taken with her “personal yoga trainer.” Robredo has shrugged off her online critics, saying she has not even read Uson’s blog. “I would have to admit that I have not read her blog and I don’t intend to read it,” she said at an Inquirer forum in December.